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The order totalled £21.80 for a quarter of aromatic duck (with cucumber, spring onions, hoisin sauce and pancakes), a portion of sesame prawn toast, sweet and sour chicken balls, char siu curry, an egg fried rice, a portion of chips and a curry sauce. I was surprised by the price for how much we'd ordered, especially as duck can be quite expensive.

When I went into the restaurant to collect, I was greeted by a friendly man, who I presumed was the owner, and he could not do enough to make me feel at home in the few moments I was there.

The aromatic duck and prawn toast from Desaru

He offered me a seat and explained how best to wrap the duck pancakes - which I'd been doing wrong all of this time. Who knew that was why I always get the hoisin sauce everywhere?

Commenting on the price, he explained it had stayed the same for the past 12 years - not many places can say that.

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I paid the bill and left with a bag full of hot food and the friendly man saw me out of the restaurant.

The sweet and sour chicken balls from Desaru

The mouthwatering aromas coming from the bag made the journey home feel twice as long.

Finally, we dug into the aromatic duck and prawn toast. Both of which were delicious. There was enough crispy duck for the two of us and plenty of crunchy prawn toast.

There was ample sauce on the char siu curry, so my partner certainly did not need the extra portion of curry sauce. But commented on how tasty they both were.

The char siu curry from Desaru

The sweet and sour chicken balls had the right ratio of chicken to batter and were perfectly crisp and not greasy. The sweet and sour sauce was also balanced flavour-wise, not too sweet and not too sour, and the right texture.